Old Land of my Fathers
Lyrics by Evan James January 1856
music by James James

I'd lost the music deep inside
me, dormant since my father died
until I heard the miners sing,
Land of my Father's surging tide
of harmonies. I burned with pride.
Through passing time its timbre wrings
emotions still - this ancestry
my forefathers bequeathed to me.

Old Land of my Fathers
Lyrics by Evan James January 1856
music by James James

I'd lost the music deep inside
me, dormant since my father died
until I heard the miners sing,
Land of my Father's surging tide
of harmonies. I burned with pride.
Through passing time its timbre wrings
emotions still - this ancestry
my forefathers bequeathed to me.

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Suggest 'resonance' to replace 'timbre', Eira's choice.

Thank you Frank and I will accept the nomination.

It is a nice idea to have a verse from the anthem as an epitaph (especially as my huitain is not that long) My only concern is that as it is written in Welsh most people cannot read it. Perhaps someone else would comment.

Although resonance is a good replacement for timbre it is 3 syllable and would not fit the meter of a huitain. I looked in a few dictionaries for another word but nothing was suitable (except timbre was mentioned as a synonym for resonance)

As you are the only person who doesn't like 'timbre' (I've had it on a number of sites) I'll stick with it unless I am inspired otherwise

‘Old Land of my Fathers’
Lyrics by Evan James January 1856, music by James James

I'd lost the music deep inside
me, dormant since my father died
until I heard the miners sing,
Land of my Father's surging tide
of harmonies. I burned with pride.
Through passing time its timbre wrings
emotions still - this ancestry
my forefathers bequeathed to me.